10月8日：皇家马德里主教练何塞·穆里尼奥开玩笑说，他可能活不到曼彻斯特城与英超的法律纠纷结束，因为该俱乐部对一项认定其严重违反财务规则的裁决提出了上诉。
Oct 8 : Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho joked that he may not live to see the end of Manchester City's legal battle with the Premier League after the club appealed a ruling that found it guilty of serious financial rule breaches.
独立委员会认定城队在2009-10至2017-18赛季期间违反了英超财务规定的所有指控，以及四项指控中有三项涉及未配合调查。城队否认有不当行为并提出上诉。
An independent commission found City guilty of all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons, as well as three of four charges relating to failures to cooperate with the investigation. City have denied wrongdoing and lodged an appeal.
英超表示，城队使用“虚假”商业协议在近十年间夸大收入、低报成本超过9亿英镑（约合11.9亿美元），导致财务报告不准确并违反支出规则。
The Premier League said that City used "sham" commercial agreements to inflate revenue and understate costs by more than 900 million pounds ($1.19 billion) over nearly a decade, resulting in inaccurate financial reporting and breaches of spending rules.
穆里尼奥曾在2016-18年执教曼联，并在2017-18赛季带领球队以第二名的成绩紧随瓜迪奥拉执教的城队。穆里尼奥在接受意大利《体育报》采访时说：“我宁愿笑一笑”。
Mourinho managed Manchester United from 2016-18 and led them to a second-placed Premier League finish behind Pep Guardiola's City in 2017-18. "I would rather laugh about it," Mourinho said, when asked about the case in an interview with Italy's Corriere dello Sport.
他说：“我想我们最终会有个结局，但我们都已六十多岁，需要足够幸运才能在最终裁决下来时仍然在世。会有裁决，然后是上诉，再然后是更多上诉。”
"I think we will eventually get an ending, but we are both in our 60s and we'll need to be lucky enough to still be around when the final verdict arrives. "There will be a verdict, then appeals, then more appeals."
上诉程序将私下进行，目前尚不清楚在听证前是否会实施任何制裁，或是否会立即生效。
The appeal process will be conducted in private and it remains unclear whether any sanctions would be imposed before it is heard, or whether any punishment would take effect immediately.
城队正寻求第六连胜，凭借五场比赛15分位居英超榜首，并将在周日前往利物浦。
City, seeking a sixth successive league win, are top of the Premier League with 15 points from five matches and travel to Liverpool on Sunday.